Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'brethren' occurs 1166 times in the standard works.

475 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'brethren' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 220 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 25:9-31 (23 in 23 verses)

Alma 27:15-28:1 (17 in 17 verses)

Alma 24:5-20 (16 in 16 verses)

Gen. 37:4-14 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 26:21-27 (9 in 7 verses)

Alma 27:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-37 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 45:22-46:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 53:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 7:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 27:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 20:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 20:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 45:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 15:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 12:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 3:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 7:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 7:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 25:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 16:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:17-26:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 2:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 11:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 5:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 21:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:36-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 46:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:23-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:36-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:20 And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance unto their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them. And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according to the simpleness of their words.

 3:21 Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of my mouth unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith, unto the remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy fathers.




2 Ne. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:18-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:35-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:132-133 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 122:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 333 0 333
NT 231 0 231
BM 543 0 543
1 Ne. 73 0 73
2 Ne. 49 0 49
Jacob 28 0 28
Enos 4 0 4
Jarom 2 0 2
Omni 2 0 2
W of M 3 0 3
Mosiah 61 0 61
Alma 258 0 258
Hel. 19 0 19
3 Ne. 9 0 9
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 6 0 6
Ether 8 0 8
Moro. 20 0 20
DC 51 0 51
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 1166 0 1166

2 Ne. 1:1
And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 2:1
And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my firstborn in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness. And behold, in thy childhood thou hast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because of the rudeness of thy brethren.

2 Ne. 3:2
And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 3:7
Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Ne. 3:20
And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance unto their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them. And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according to the simpleness of their words.

2 Ne. 3:21
Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of my mouth unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith, unto the remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy fathers.

2 Ne. 3:24
And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do that thing which is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren.

2 Ne. 5:1
Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.

2 Ne. 5:3
Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother thinks to rule over us; and we have had much trial because of him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to rule over this people.

2 Ne. 5:6
Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

2 Ne. 5:19
And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher. Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until the time they sought to take away my life.

2 Ne. 5:34
And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away, and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.

2 Ne. 6:2
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Ne. 9:1
And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has covenanted with all the house of Israel--

2 Ne. 9:3
Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.

2 Ne. 9:39
O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal.

2 Ne. 9:40
O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.

2 Ne. 9:41
O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.

2 Ne. 9:44
O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.

2 Ne. 9:45
O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God who is the rock of your salvation.

2 Ne. 9:47
But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake you to an awful reality of these things? Would I harrow up your souls if your minds were pure? Would I be plain unto you according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from sin?

2 Ne. 9:50
Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.

2 Ne. 9:52
Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

2 Ne. 9:54
And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words. Amen.

2 Ne. 10:1
And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

2 Ne. 10:18
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 10:20
And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.

2 Ne. 10:21
But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.

2 Ne. 10:24
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.

2 Ne. 25:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Ne. 25:23
For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.

2 Ne. 26:1
And after Christ shall have risen from the dead he shall show himself unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren; and the words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye shall do.

2 Ne. 26:15
After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

2 Ne. 26:23
For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness.

2 Ne. 28:1
And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you, according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass.

2 Ne. 30:1
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

2 Ne. 30:18
Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.

2 Ne. 31:1
And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which I know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of the words of my brother Jacob.

2 Ne. 31:6
And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by water?

2 Ne. 31:10
And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Ne. 31:13
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism-- yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 31:14
But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.

2 Ne. 31:16
And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.

2 Ne. 31:19
And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

2 Ne. 31:21
And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.

2 Ne. 32:1
And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts?

2 Ne. 32:8
And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.

2 Ne. 33:10
And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they teach all men that they should do good.

2 Ne. 33:13
And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the house of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as the voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day shall come.